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By The Gettysburg Forum

On behalf of our entire team, we would like to welcome you to Gettysburg College. We hope that you enjoy your day, and are all looking forward to seeing you next year!

By The Gettysburg Forum

This year Gettysburg College is proud to host the revolutionary musical group Black Violin for the feature  performance on Saturday of Springfest–which can perhaps be more accurately termed ‘safari-fest’ this year, thanks to the recently announced safari theme.

Black Violin is comprised of Wil B and Kev Marcus, two classically trained violinists who have taken their talent ...

By Xavier Harding

Yesterday, February 19, the Majestic Theater hosted Gettysburg College’s 22nd Annual Winter Jazz Concert. Directed by John “Buzz” Jones, Gettysburg’s jazz ensemble played songs such as “Georgia On My Mind” by Hoagy Carmichael (1931), “Quien Sera” by Pablo Beltran Ruiz & Norman Gimbel (1954) and “I’m Beginning To See The Light “by Duke Ellington (1944). The students of ...

By Emily Francisco

Massive protests erupted on January 25, 2011 as Egypt, the most heavily populated nation in the Arab world, lashed out against the dictatorial presidency of leader Hosni Mubarak. Mubarak, who assumed the presidency in 1981 after the assassination of President Sadat, served five terms to date. Though Mubarak’s regime improved Egyptian relations with other Arab countries in addition ...

By Xavier Harding

Xavier: So you were the treasurer of student Senate. What did your job entail?

Molly: Right, I was the treasurer of student senate so I would hear requests from clubs and organizations looking for money and I would hold hearings to decide whether or not they should be granted that money and then I would transfer that into their ...

By Liz Williams

On Friday, February 4, nine Gettysburg College students attended the annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference in Washington, DC. Held in a different major U.S. city each year, the conference brings together authors, readers, writers and publishers from around North America to share ideas and celebrate written literature. This year, the conference was held February ...

The Gettysburg Forum

In a e-mail circulated this evening, President Andrew Ferreira named Alex Ferraro, Class of 2012, as the new Treasurer of the Student Senate.

Ferraro will re-assume the role, which he also maintained last year. According to Ferreira, all budget requests should now be directed toward him.

By The Gettysburg Forum

According to recently obtained information, and after speaking with the Department of Public Safety, Frank Klein, the much beloved Musselman Library security guard, friend to the many students who spend their nights in the library, has been fired. This comes as a shock to the many grateful students who have experienced ...

The Gettysburg Forum

An e-mail was circulated last week to all those registered within the Senate alias, detailing the resignation of Student Senate Treasurer, Molly Yingling. From that point, it was the primary concern of the Executive Council of the Student Senate to designate, presumably with the aid of representatives from each class year, a new treasurer to serve in her ...

By Liz Williams

The Gettysburg College Wind Symphony held their second performance of the semester on Friday, December 3, at the Majestic Theatre. Led under the direction of Dr. Russell McCutcheon, the theme of the concert was “Music of the British Isles,” and incorporated tunes from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Guest artists from the Celtic folk band Knot Fibb’n performed ...